Our Clients & Work

“Van Schaik H&S Solutions has been instrumental in supporting, establishing and shaping the H&S systems for NZ Police since 2018. Margaret, Barry and her team have provided strategic support by developing a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Governance Framework, delivery of HSW Governance workshops, advisory support to the NZ Police critical risk management program and ongoing HSW leadership support across the organisation. NZ Police aligns with Van Schaik’s values and principles, fundamentally putting our peoples’ safety at the centre of decision making to ensure we can go home safe to our whanau at the end of every shift.”

“Van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions were engaged by the GHSL and HASANZ to develop the Health and Safety Generalist Career Development Pathway to provide clarity for businesses and organisations and those working in the health and safety profession.

Margaret and the team did an excellent job in planning, engaging, completing consultation and developing a clear and concise Health and Safety Generalist Career Development Pathway ready for use.

In particular, VS used a positive people-centric approach in bringing together and engaging key industry stakeholders across multiple levels which created positive engagement across both the Public and Private sectors.”

“At Napier Port, the safety, health and wellbeing of our people is paramount. Three years ago we embarked upon a journey of change to transform the way we manage health and safety - striving towards an approach of best practice management. Margaret and her team have played an integral part in our journey - leading, guiding and advising on the development of our Health and Safety Road Map - setting a robust foundation, providing a clear strategic direction, improving our understanding of our operational critical risk, and assisting in the overall maturity of our health and safety culture. Margaret and her team offer a robust, competent and pragmatic approach with practical health and safety management solutions. Their Consultants experience, skills and professional approach are second to none.”

“We asked Van Schaik Health and Safety solutions to undertake a specific piece of work for us as we were down staff members. Van Schaik were able to quickly navigate our unique operating environment to deliver exactly what we needed, which has proved problematic in the past. The approach Van Schaik take, along with their back-office support, they were able to deliver a quality outcome that has helped us manage our supply chain risk. Their focus on building and maintaining strong relationships has been a point of difference.”

“Margaret was engaged to undertake a health & safety review of residential support homes in NMH DSS after a number of incidents. From these findings, we were able to create and implement an action plan to ensure greater health & safety consciousness and proactive response to reduce accidents and incidents in the workplace. Margaret developed Health & Safety Leadership & bow-tie risk management training that resonated with our staff. Margaret was able to tailor the training to the work we do and in the language, we speak. We are now working on how we can ensure this valuable work is ongoing and give support to deliver it across all our teams.”

“We engaged Margaret from van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions to develop a Health and Safety Leadership Program for our managers. Margaret’s ability to tailor the program to fit our industry needs and incorporate our internal systems and processes was key to a successful program for our managers. Margaret facilitated training workshops across New Zealand that created an environment for open and honest discussion and high levels of engagement. As a result of attending these workshops, our managers now have better understanding and knowledge of modern health and safety concepts and understand their role in developing a positive safety culture within our business.”

“We worked with Margaret from van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions to assist the Council to develop, pilot and implement health and safety training to our people managers and health and safety representatives. This piece of work was part of a key programme of work for the Council as we transitioned to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. We found Margaret’s experience and pragmatic approach to putting together a comprehensive health and safety training programme invaluable.”

“Margaret and Alex from Van Schaik Health and Safety Solutions have been working as a trusted advisor to Key Commercial Interiors since late 2014. Margaret has helped us to integrate health and safety into our business practices and help make it real by providing H&S systems development, training, coaching and mentoring, specialist project advice, contractor management and assisting us to implement operational safety solutions using technology.”